Announcing Release 15 of the PostgreSQL Buildfarm client

Changes

* add a new script |manage_alerts.pl| that lets the user enable or
disable alerts for an animal
This is especially useful in the case of animals that have stopped
running for some reason.
* check if a branch is up to date before trying to run it
This only applies if the |branches_to_build| setting is a keyword
rather than a list of branches. It reduces the number of useless
calls to |git pull| to almost zero.
* require Perl version 5.14 or later
This should not be a problem, as it's more than 10 years old.
* add |--avoid-ts-collisions| command line parameter
This is for specialized uses, and imposes a penalty of a few seconds
per run. |run_branches.pl| already does this, so it's not required for
normal operations.
* run TAP tests for |src/interfaces| subdirectories
* add amcheck and extension upgrade tests to cross version upgrade testing
* adjust to changes in postgres code, file locations, etc.
* assorted minor bug fixes and tweaks

The release can be downloaded from

<https://github.com/PGBuildFarm/client-code/releases/tag/REL_15> or
<https://buildfarm.postgresql.org/downloads>

Upgrading is highly recommended.

cheers

andrew

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Andrew Dunstan
EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com